You are body surfing in modest waves that are breaking just offshore. A particularly big one catches you off guard, flips you over and over, and deposits you on the shore. As you lie there in the sand, you think, hey, I just landed on ________
A) a coastal dune B) the beachface
C) a nearshore bar (not the kind that serves drinks) D) the backshore
B
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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A) creation of pollution B) genetically modifying food C) global warming D) pollination of crop plants E) erosion
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Heat represents energy in which part of the electromagnetic spectrum?
a. ultraviolet b. near-infrared c. thermal infrared d. microwave e. x-ray
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Which part of a stream's sediment load moves the slowest?
A) Bed load B) Dissolved load C) Suspended load
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